It is hard, though, ’cos record labels love to boss you around. I won’t let them do that anymore.
My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat – and I’ve been able to do that for 20 years. So I’m completely content.
But Sneaky Pete was great. I didn’t bug him about Gram. Not too much, anyway.
When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly – constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.
I used to have a sort of spiky haircut and it just feels better to have short hair again.
I was hanging out with Jonathan Richman last night.
I lie around and play guitar, that’s something I do for sure. In fact that’s all I do, I think.